The city of DeSoto, TX is an active and engaged political environment. The local government is made up of city council members who are elected in at-large nonpartisan elections to serve four year terms. City Council meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, where residents can voice their opinions on upcoming legislation. DeSoto also has a mayor who is elected to a two year term, and is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the city. There are several organizations in the area that are dedicated to promoting civic engagement and public education about local politics. These include the DeSoto Citizens for Responsible Government, a group devoted to increasing voter turnout and encouraging citizens to get involved with their local government. Additionally, there are several political action committees in DeSoto dedicated to supporting particular candidates or initiatives that may be beneficial to the community.
The political climate in DeSoto, TX is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
DeSoto, TX is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
DeSoto, Texas: r r D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in DeSoto, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,746 contributions totaling $129,236 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 747 contributions totaling $104,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)